IN Hendrik on the Hudson, fifty miles from New York, there was, winter before last, a certain “ patent seamless.”— But a hooped skirt with a history, touching and teaching, is no theme for flippancy; ...

When Miss Wimple would have soothed her, tenderly caressing, and promising her a sister's kindness and protection,—a home safely guarded from intrusion,— Madeline assailed her savagely, bidding her be ...

Writer and director Sally Wainwright will make a rare appearance at the Wimpole History Festival in June with Bart Van Es, Michael Morpugo, Melvyn Bragg and Lucy Worsley also on the bill. The festival ...

Forget bad habits, Steve Pratt becomes Sister Stevie as he goes behind the scenes of Whoopi Goldberg’s touring musical and turns a Monday into Nunday IF it’s good enough for Robbie Coltrane in film ...

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Romance isn't all that romantic these days. Which is not to say that it isn't enjoyable - just different. Modern romance, like many modern other things, now comes with a twist. In this case, a twisted ...

Marion D. Coppola of Saratoga Springs announces the engagement of her son, James W. Coppola, to Rachel J’Lyn Wimple, daughter of Candace and Scott Hill of Corydon, Ind. and Raymond and Sharon Wimple ...

There are three writing Sitwells: Edith, Sacheverell and Osbert; and the best of them is Edith. She is a poet (she hates to be called a poetess) and a good one, possibly a great one. Three English ...

Mention the Vikings and most people will immediately think of horned helmets, blood eagles, and grizzled barbarians raiding and pillaging their way across the seven seas. It's a cliché, of course, but ...

HINDI poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Urdu poet Raghupati Sahai, nom de plume Firaaq Gorakhpuri, taught at the famous Allahabad University, on the confluence of the Ganga and Jamuna river, in the ...